When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.

A rare rune stone dedicated to a woman.

Legend has it this spring formed at the spot where a medieval Swedish king was killed.

The final resting place of the father of modern biological taxonomy.

Uppsala's adorable feline sign celebrates a popular children's book set in the Swedish city.

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

A tiny town hall—in Sweden's one-time capital—might be the smallest in Europe.

A Swedish phone box converted into an informal village library.

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

This centuries-old rooster survived a devastating fire.

Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.